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Capital Highlights: Abbott directs TEA to make schools safer

4 years ago By Gary Borders

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Education Agency to ensure school facilities are made safer in the wake of the killing of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.

County golf course to receive upgrade?

4 years ago By Nathan Heuer

A significant upgrade to Desert Pines Golf Course in Fort Stockton could soon be in the works after a decision made the by the Pecos County Commissioners Court on May 23. The Commissioners approved a $20,000 contract for McCampbell Irrigation to design a new irrigation system.

GREY MULE WINE SALOON GRAND OPENING

4 years ago By News Staff

The Grey Mule Wine Saloon held a Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony, which represented their grand opening on June 1. New owner of the Grey Mule Saloon and longtime Fort Stockton resident Michel Duforat reopened the business on April 21. Photo by Nathan Heuer

County receives new ambulance via grant funds

4 years ago By Nathan Heuer

Pecos County’s newest ambulance will be operation beginning next week according to Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster. Pecos County recently received $3,073,432 from the American Rescue Plan Act federal funds to use towards COVID related county services.

The Pecos County Commissioners, county judge, and EMS Director posed with the county’s new ambulance outside the Pecos County Courthouse before the commissioners regular meeting on May 9. Pictured from left to right: commissioner Robert Gonzales, county judge Joe Shuster, commissioner Santiago Cantu, commissioner Tom Chapman, EMS director Lucia Mackintosh Castro. Courtesy Photo

New subdivision, school housing land up for annexation

4 years ago By Nathan Heuer Pioneer Editor

One of the first important stages for new school housing and a subdivision to be built will take place on Monday, June 13 at the Fort Stockton City Council regular meeting.

Pictured is the land owned by the Fort Stockton Independent School District that is being proposed to be annexed on Monday, June 13 at the city council's regular meeting.

Film Society to screen “North by Northwest”

4 years ago By News Staff

The Fort Stockton Film Society is hosting date night with a showing of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, “North by Northwest” on Saturday, June 11, at 7 p.m. As an added feature, there will be a classic Warner Brothers cartoon screened just before the main feature.

Captial Highlights

4 years ago By News Staff

Gunman walked into school building unopposed

The gunman who killed 21 people inside a Uvalde elementary school walked into the unlocked building unopposed, the Department of Public Safety said in a revised statement, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman and other media sources.

Documentary returns to Marfa

4 years ago By News Staff

Twenty-six years ago a documentary premiered at South by Southwest that showed what it was like to be on the set of the Warner Bros. classic “Giant” with James Dean, Liz Taylor, and Rock Hudson in Marfa. That summer of 1955 went on to inspire a stage play, a film, and a TV series.

James Dean Sits in a lawn chair on the Evans Ranch outside Marfa during the filming of “Giant” in 1955. Courtesy Photo

Local artist invokes thoughts for Uvalde shooting

4 years ago By Jeremy Gonzalez

Steven M. Walker is a painter and ceramicist who has chunkArts Studio and gallery in Fort Stockton at 209 W.

Local artist Steven M. Walker’s prolific work invites profound observation in wake of the recent elementary school massacre in Uvalde, TX. Courtesy photo of Steven M. Walker

FSISD purchases non-CDL buses

4 years ago By Nathan Heuer

Due to the difficulty of recruiting and maintaining bus drivers for the school district with CDL’s, the Fort Stockton ISD School Board moved forward with the purchase of six buses that do not require the driver to have a CDL.

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